INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Western Illinois women's soccer team battled through a difficult afternoon Sunday, falling 7-1 to Butler.

Butler jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening 11 minutes before Rita Moran got the Leathernecks on the board in the 12th minute. Callie McMurtrey and Sammy Hunt assisted on the goal, cutting Butler's lead to 2-1.

The Bulldogs answered less than a minute later with a goal from Chloe Brecht to take a 3-1 lead into halftime. Mahee-Lee Caron entered in the first half and made several saves to keep Western within reach.

Butler added four goals in the second half, including two each from Riley Gumm and Brecht, to secure the 7-1 victory. Caron finished with nine saves after entering the match in the first half.
 

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MILWAUKEE - Eastern Illinois freshman Amara Leppla scored her first career collegiate goal to even the Panthers Saturday evening match at Marquette only to have the Golden Eagles score twice in the final nine minutes to collect a 3-1 win over EIU.
 
The loss closed EIU's non-conference record at 2-4-3 while Marquette improved to 4-1-4 on the season.
 
Haley Christianson gave Marquette a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the second half as the two squads played to a scoreless first half.  Marquette had 13 first half shots and 14 in the second half.   EIU goalkeeper Ella Kratochvil was able to turn away seven shots on goal.
 
Leppla answered for the Panthers three minutes after the opening Marquette goal finding the net for the first time in her EIU career.  Leppla finished the match with two of EIU's three shots on goal in the contest.  Abby Reinl added the other.
 
Marquette was able to break the 1-1 stalemate in the 81st minute with a goal by Emily Fix.   Christianson tacked on an insurance goal for the Golden Eagles two minutes later.
 
EIU finished with seven total shots in the match with the three on goal by Leppla and Reinl.   Alex Tetteh, Casey Kittridge and Kaeli McCartney all added shots in the match for the Panthers.